HAYLEA IN ECUADOR

YOU KNOW THEY LOVE HER

DONT YOU WANT TO JUST TAKE THESE LITTLE ONES HOME?

THEY ARE GETTING LOTS OF LOVE FROM THESE GIRLS! SO GRATEFUL SHE GOT TO GO!

SOME OF THESE GIRLS LEFT THIS WEEK AND ANOTHER GROUP COMES IN,

Haylea is having an incredible experience. She is already worried about how she is going to leave these kids. We talk a few times a week if we are lucky. She is always so busy. She works 3-5 shifts a day and is exhausted at night. She is taking Spanish classes at night also. She loves all the girls she is working with. A new group comes in this week. She was able to go to the Temple last week. She had to fly to Guayquil. It cost her $150 but she wanted to go so bad. Then she realized she left her reccommend and her bishops number in her wallet back at the orphanage after she was already on the plane. She bawled like a baby when the girls all got to go to baptism. One of the Temple Presidency came out and he said I am not supposed to do this but I feel like I should and he interviewed her and she was able to do baptisms...TENDER MERCIES...One grateful girl...and a beautiful exp! She is journalling each night. I hope she will be able to share some of her exp when she has time. I am so thankful she got to have this experience. Thank you to all who gave her your support. We love you all!

OSSO

Haylea gets the opportunity to go to Ecuador in a few weeks to work for an Orphanage.http://www.orphanagesupport.org/

Please take a few minutes to look at all the good they are doing.

She is NOT going to PLAY...she will be working for 3 months 50 plus hrs a week.

This has been a dream of hers for a long time. We didn't think she was going to be able to go but the opportunity came up quickly.

If you want to help support the ORPHANAGE donate on their website. Better yet if you know someone who has a few months to spare they need help badly. They run 8 orphanages thru out Ecuador. And the money is spent for the CHILDREN. Any money donated in her name goes to help these kids.

We know a few girls who have gone and done this and it has changed their life!

Its hard for me to let my 3rd child live out of the USA this summer but the sacrifice is worth it!

And to those who have already contributed. Your generosity is amazing ...“And remember in all things the poor and the needy, the sick and the afflicted, for he that doeth not these things, the same is not my disciple.” (D&C 52:40.)

Sacrifice is defined as “the act of giving up something valued for the sake of something else more important or worthy.” Sacrifice comes in many forms and they are not all convenient

Sad Experience

I had a sad experience today...I was feeling a little down today and so I decided to indulge in one of my vises...BASKIN ROBBINS...I was waiting to pay for my milk shake when the guy ahead of me was trying to write a check for his 2 scoops when the manager told him they didnt take checks. He said he didnt have any money on him because he had lost his wallet. I jumped in and offered to pay the few dollars...he was sooo embarrassed...he said "oh no I dont feel alright with this"...I said "oh, come on just let me do something nice for someone today. He asked if he could have my name and I said no really it was no nig deal. He was still uncomfortable. I touched his sleeve and said just do something nice for someone tomorrow. He thanked me and walked away with his head down after paying me a nice compliment. The girls behind the counter acted so surprised and almost wouldnt take my money and went on and on about how nice that was. I then felt embarrassed...it wasnt a big deal...it was only a few dollars...it was only ice cream.

Now you ask why am I sad?

Sad because he seemed so embarrassed...sad because he was uncomfortable taking a little help... sad because he was so surprised and even more sad that the girls behind the counter acted like they had never seen someone do something like that...it made me sad. Are there not enough acts of service done in the world today? Are we not taking care of each other? Are there too many mean things done and said that when we try to do something nice people have no idea how to react? I dont know...I do know people help people all the time. Maybe he had never been helped. Tears welled up in my eyes as I left.

I pledge to do more little random acts of service.